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What a great surprise it was to find this list out a couple of days early. Thanks, Kerth Committee, for being Johnny-On-The-Spot and getting the noms sorted so quickly. I've now got my reading list all ready to go.

Congratulations to all of the nominees. Really, the voting this year is going to be excrutiating, trying to pick a favorite.

And thank you, too, to everyone who so kindly offered a nomination for my story. Given the quality of stories on this list, it really is an honor.

Happy reading!

Lynn

Congratulations, nominees! As far as I'm concerned, you're all the real winners! Getting nominated is what counts in my book. Actually winning? That's just icing on the cake.

Thanks, K-Comm, for a quick and neat job!

Hazel

Congratulations to all the nominees

And to those who weren't.... there's always a next time. Thanks to everyone for providing this lurker, reader and non-writer fabulous L&C fics

Coming out of the deep, deep depths of Lurkdom to say -

Congratulations to all the nominees!!!!!

Thanks for the nomination and thanks to everyone for their kind words over the past several months. Congratulations to everyone on some great stories I have read and some ones I'm about to.

-Michael

Holy... I was away on business and I found Sara's e-mail in my box to go check the LCFic boards when I got back. Oh my goodness!!! Thank you all so much for the nominations, I am completely floored

Thanks again! This just about made my century, hehe

Just wanted to say a quick congratulations to all the nominees! Voting is going to be tough. A big thank-you to the awesome Kerth committee for all their hard work!

Congrats again, guys, and good luck at the ceremony!

Tracey

Congratulations to all the nominees and kudos to the committee for all their hard work! Got lots of reading to do, looking forward to it!

<gasp>
Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!

Seriously: Thank you (see, Julie? two words ) to everyone who voted for me!

Sweet mother of Shuster, now I have to write a speech!

Wow! Reading through those nominations, I realize exactly how far behind I am on my reading. (Me rubs hands in delight at the idea of the exciting reading which awaits me)

Thanks for the noms. And congratulations to all those who were nominated.

Congrats to nominees!!

P.S. Labby!! Where is the pin?

Hi Erin:
I'm just curious as to why the Nominations aren't up on the Kerth site yet when the schedule of dates said it would be up yesterday. Remember, not everybody who participates in Kerth comes to this site too.

Artemis

Coming in late here to say CONGRATS to all the authors!!

Well deserved!! BRAVO!!

~Liz ==> off to do some reading!

OMG And I see so many favorites, I won't know who to vote for... and a few stories there are now on my immediate to-read list (Wendy's easy read page makes that so much easier though, so thank you, Wendy! )

Okay, back to it

Hi, I'm new and just had to join to reply on this thread.
Yay, I'm so happy so many of my favorites made it! I had forgotten about the Kerths until several days into the nominating process, and spent the last week reading all the eligible fics and evaluating them. It was lots of fun and I discovered some really awesome fics in the process. But wow, I had no idea how long it took to read 200 fics, even speed reading like I do! (thankfully I'd read a few since December, when I discovered the Archive) Especially such long and GOOD ones as some of the above.
Nan, now why do you think you have no chance? Lol, your Wedding series is SO amazing. Probably my favorite of all your stuff.
Jenni, for not having any other eligible stories, A Gift for Life really makes up for it--I thoroughly enjoyed that one--the subject matter was fascinating, as I remember a Reader's Digest article awhile back about a family who had another child to save their eldest daughter.
LynnM, your story was one of the first I read in my long stream, and I was amazed--it is incredible. I really enjoyed it.
Aria, I have to say I loved Waking a Miracle, and am proud to say that I was one of the nominators.
And Wendy, every time I see your name on something I think "oh, this one's going to be good", and I'm never disappointed. When I started reading L&C fanfic, you and Nan quickly became my favorite writers.
But there was SO much good stuff, it was incredibly difficult just to narrow down for nominations, even. I used a 1-4 rating system and rated only the 4s and 3-4s, and even then, I ran into serious probs with finding the best overall 'cause there were just too many 4s! (and the 4s are the ones that just blow me away when I read 'em--absolutely outstanding)
And then voting . . . that was agony. I at least narrowed it down to only those fics I had nominated, but there were still groups of 4 fics I'd have to go through and decide on, which took a long time--I understand LabRat's pain with the Best Overall category, lol. Very very hard--all the authors did such a great job, and it's been incredibly fun to read their handiwork. Thanks for providing readers like me with a chance to visit L&C-dom!

Welcome, Doranwen! It's always great to have new FoLCs around here. And well done getting all those fics read in time for nominating! You've got great taste in reading, too; you've mentioned a number of my favourite writers in your list. And thank you, too, for the lovely compliment.

Hope you enjoy it around here - don't forget to check out the Fanfic folder for new fic. Nan's just finished posting an excellent story called Nuclear Option.

Oh, and if you can make it onto IRC for the Kerth ceremony you'll have a wonderful time. If you need any help getting onto IRC just shout - we'll be happy to talk you through it.


Wendy

Welcome, Doranwen! And fantastic that you're so enthusiastic about the Kerth Awards. We always have a lot of fun this time of the year, and I second Wendy's invitation for you to join us on irc, especially for that special night.

Kaethel

Thanks! I'll probably need the help too--I have never done anything with IRC before.
L&C fanfic is a lifesaver to a speed-reader like me. The main difficulty with reading things quickly is that they are soon done--and I have to go scrounging for more to read. In the matter of books, I have read most of the interesting ones in the library, I'm afraid, lol. And so I've turned to fanfic, which is neverending and wonderful. And some of it is better than the books in the library. *thinks "Masques"* (which is probably longer than a lot of 'em!)
Anyhew, when I looked at the list of eligible fics, my first thought was "OK, I read fast, let's see if I can't read every one of 'em and type a summary and rating in a file to copy for each eligible category." LOL--I had no clue what I was getting myself into. It took hours and hours to get through them all--but how I loved it! And even though I saved some time by not re-reading the really long ones I'd read before, I couldn't help myself with some, like the Wedding trilogy. So that helped satisfy my need for reading material for a long time, even after the week was over. And I still have the rest of the Archive to go through--I'm up to the middle of the Gs in Author names now.
I forgot last post to thank the people who are part of the Kerth Committee--the ones who sat and went through every one of the nominations, and who are going to tally up all the votes. Thanks so much for all that hard work! I appreciate it.

Hey, Doranwen, nice to see you finally made it to the boards! And I'm very glad you're enjoying the Kerth process so much; that's really what all the fuss is about -- all of us having fun! And it's posts like yours that make all our hard work worthwhile

Yes, try to get on IRC ... we'll get a thread started sooner or later about all the basics. Ask all the questions you've got; we're getting good at helping newbies make it online

PJ

Hi again

Well, if you've never tried IRC, then you might want to get in a little practice before Kerth night. Assuming that you're on a PC, you need to download mIRC - you'll get that by going to www.mirc.com. Once you install it, you need to connect to an UNDERNET server, which is where the channels FoLCs use are located.

There are two main IRC channels where FoLCs hang out. The one I and most people here use is #loisclark - you'll find information about it here . If you go there and complete the signup form, one of the channel moderators will send you the password information so that you can get connected.

As to how to get connected, take a look at this thread and scroll down to the second post by Elena. She posted some graphics showing exactly what you need to do with mIRC to get into #loisclark.

If you have any other questions, feel free to post on the boards or email the #loisclark moderators at loisclark@annesplace.net. Look forward to chatting with you!


Wendy